Advanced English Speaking And Pronunciation Skills

Speak English Like A Native: Learn and practice the most complex English pronunciation and speaking skills

What you'll learn

Learn WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR MOUTH to PRONOUNCE EVERY English sound

Discover how and why English speakers vary the VOLUME, TONE and LENGTH of words to create STRESS, RHYTHM and INTONATION

Know how English pronunciation changes according to the region where it is being spoken

Understand where English SOUNDS and SPELLINGS differ

Learn THE SECRETS OF ENGLISH FLUENCY through CONNECTED SPEECH

PRACTICE ALL of these features through LISTENING and SPEAKING activities

Requirements

Intermediate English language ability or above

Description

There are many courses on English speaking and pronunciation that teach you basic principles, provide lots of practice, but still leave you feeling you haven't learnt what you need in order to listen and speak English fluently.This course is different. Rather than give you 50+ hours of practice on the same basic principles over and over again, this course takes you straight to the complex principles which will answer your questions about what English speakers do in almost every situation.For pronunciation, this course doesn't just teach you what the sounds are like. It teaches you exactly what to do with your mouth to make every possible English sound, so you can have confidence that you are articulating sounds correctly.For accents, you won't just learn the basics of one or two accents. The "Regional Variations" section teaches you how pronunciation changes across a wide range of English contexts; British, American, South African, Indian, Australian and more.For features of native speech, it doesn't merely get you practicing simple stress patterns. You will learn the intricate details that affect 1) why native English speakers use stress, 2) how and why they create rhythm in longer turns and 3) both the rules and exceptions for how they connect speech together.And this course does not ignore the problem of matching spellings to sounds! There is a full section instructing you on how to pronounce written words with the correct sounds, looking at how the pronunciation of letters changes according to specific situations.Each lesson follows this pattern:LearnListenPracticeThe course is useful for English learners at any stage of their learning journey. It covers the basic principles of pronunciation and speaking for intermediate level learners, and it also looks at the fine details for advanced learners; the details that separate a proficient but non-native sounding speaker from someone who can pass for being native in an exam setting, in a business context, or in life in general.Examples on the course are mostly in the RP accent (Southern English, which is considered the "traditional" English accent by some), but contains sufficient examples of other accents to be useful for a learner who is attempting to develop an accent within any regional variation of English. This course is taught by experts in the field with top qualifications and 25 years of real-life experience in teaching English learners like you. By joining this course, you get exclusive access to a Q&A section where your questions will be answered by the same teachers you will encounter on the course, not an AI robot or an "assistant" tutor! If you want to improve your English speaking and English pronunciation, we expect that you will find this course highly useful. However, if you decide the course was not the right thing for you, then you can cancel within 28 days for a full refund with no questions asked. This means there is absolutely no risk in joining this course. You can try and then leave if necessary.So, do you want to improve your ability to speak English with native-like pronunciation, stress, rhythm, connected speech, and intonation? There's no need to wait! Join this course and get started on your journey immediately!

Overview

Section 1: English Pronunciation

Lecture 1 PRONUNCIATION: How to use this section

Lecture 2 Self-check your pronuncation

Lecture 3 VOWELS 1. /i:/

Lecture 4 VOWELS 2. /ɪ/

Lecture 5 VOWELS 3. /ʊ/

Lecture 6 VOWELS 4. /u:/

Lecture 7 VOWELS 5. /e/

Lecture 8 VOWELS 6. /ə/

Lecture 9 VOWELS 7. /ɜ:/

Lecture 10 VOWELS 8. /ɔ:/

Lecture 11 VOWELS 9. /æ/

Lecture 12 VOWELS 10. /ʌ/

Lecture 13 VOWELS 11. /ɑ:/

Lecture 14 VOWELS 12. /ɒ/

Lecture 15 DIPHTHONGS 1. /ɪə/

Lecture 16 DIPHTHONGS 2. /ʊə/

Lecture 17 DIPHTHONGS 3. /eə/

Lecture 18 DIPHTHONGS 4. /eɪ/

Lecture 19 DIPHTHONGS 5. /ɔɪ/

Lecture 20 DIPHTHONGS 6. /aɪ/ or /ɑɪ/

Lecture 21 DIPHTHONGS 7. /əʊ/

Lecture 22 DIPHTHONGS 8. /aʊ/ or /ɑʊ/

Lecture 23 CONSONANTS 1. /p/

Lecture 24 CONSONANTS 2. /b/

Lecture 25 CONSONANTS 3. /t/

Lecture 26 CONSONANTS 4. /d/

Lecture 27 CONSONANTS 5. /tʃ/

Lecture 28 CONSONANTS 6. /dʒ/

Lecture 29 CONSONANTS 7. /k/

Lecture 30 CONSONANTS 8. /g/

Lecture 31 CONSONANTS 9. /f/

Lecture 32 CONSONANTS 10. /v/

Lecture 33 CONSONANTS 11. /θ/

Lecture 34 CONSONANTS 12. /ð/

Lecture 35 CONSONANTS 13. /s/

Lecture 36 CONSONANTS 14. /z/

Lecture 37 CONSONANTS 15. /ʃ/

Lecture 38 CONSONANTS 16. /ʒ/

Lecture 39 OTHER SOUNDS 1. /m/

Lecture 40 OTHER SOUNDS 2. /n/

Lecture 41 OTHER SOUNDS 3. /ŋ/

Lecture 42 OTHER SOUNDS 4. /h/

Lecture 43 OTHER SOUNDS 5. /l/

Lecture 44 OTHER SOUNDS 6. /r/

Lecture 45 OTHER SOUNDS 7. /w/

Lecture 46 OTHER SOUNDS 8. /j/

Lecture 47 PHONEMIC CHART TEST: Vowels

Lecture 48 PHONEMIC CHART TEST: Diphthongs

Lecture 49 PHONEMIC CHART TEST: Consonants

Lecture 50 End of Section Message

Section 2: Using Stress

Lecture 51 Introduction to the section

Lecture 52 How to use this section

Lecture 53 Words with stress: Lesson

Lecture 54 Words with stress: Listening

Lecture 55 Words with stress: Speaking

Lecture 56 Words without stress: Lesson

Lecture 57 Words without stress: Listening

Lecture 58 Words without stress: Speaking

Lecture 59 Highlighting: Lesson

Lecture 60 Highlighting: Listening

Lecture 61 Highlighting: Speaking

Lecture 62 Word stress: Lesson

Lecture 63 Word stress: Listening and Speaking

Lecture 64 End of section message

Section 3: Using Rhythm

Lecture 65 Introduction to the section video

Lecture 66 How to use this section

Lecture 67 English rhythm introduction: Lesson

Lecture 68 English rhythm introduction: Listening

Lecture 69 English rhythm introduction: Speaking

Lecture 70 Making the rhythm: Lesson

Lecture 71 Making the rhythm: Listening

Lecture 72 Making the rhythm: Speaking

Lecture 73 Sense groups: Lesson

Lecture 74 Sense groups: Listening

Lecture 75 Sense groups: Speaking

Lecture 76 End of section message

Section 4: Features of connected speech

Lecture 77 Introduction video

Lecture 78 How to use this section

Lecture 79 Vowel to consonant: Lesson

Lecture 80 Vowel to consonant: Listening

Lecture 81 Vowel to consonant: Speaking

Lecture 82 Vowel to vowel: Lesson

Lecture 83 Vowel to vowel: Listening

Lecture 84 Vowel to vowel: Speaking

Lecture 85 Consonant to consonant: Lesson

Lecture 86 Consonant to consonant: Listening

Lecture 87 Consonant to consonant: Speaking

Lecture 88 End of section message

Section 5: Sounds and spellings

Lecture 89 Sounds and spellings introduction

Lecture 90 How to use this section

Lecture 91 Nouns to verbs: Stress changes (Lesson)

Lecture 92 Nouns to verbs: Stress changes (Listening)

Lecture 93 Nouns to verbs: Stress changes (Speaking)

Lecture 94 Numbers: Stress changes (Lesson)

Lecture 95 Numbers: Stress changes (Listening)

Lecture 96 Numbers: Stress changes (Speaking)

Lecture 97 Silent letters in words: B (Lesson)

Lecture 98 Silent letters in words: B (Practice)

Lecture 99 Silent letters in words: C (Lesson)

Lecture 100 Silent letters in words: C (Practice)

Lecture 101 Silent letters in words: E (Lesson)

Lecture 102 Silent letters in words: E (Practice)

Lecture 103 Silent letters in words: G (Lesson)

Lecture 104 Silent letters in words: G (Practice)

Lecture 105 Silent letters in words: H (Lesson)

Lecture 106 Silent letters in words: H (Practice)

Lecture 107 Silent letters in words: K (Lesson)

Lecture 108 Silent letters in words: K (Practice)

Lecture 109 Silent letters in words: L (Lesson)

Lecture 110 Silent letters in words: L (Practice)

Lecture 111 Silent letters in words: N

Lecture 112 Silent letters in words: P (Lesson)

Lecture 113 Silent letters in words: P (Practice)

Lecture 114 Silent letters in words: T

Lecture 115 Silent letters in words: U (Lesson)

Lecture 116 Silent letters in words: U (Practice)

Lecture 117 Silent letters in words: W (Lesson)

Lecture 118 Silent letters in words: W (Practice)

Lecture 119 End of section video

Section 6: Regional Variations

Lecture 120 Introduction video

Lecture 121 How to use this section

Lecture 122 Rhotic /r/

Lecture 123 Trilled /r/

Lecture 124 /ɑː/ or /æ/

Lecture 125 /ɒ/ or /ɑ:/

Lecture 126 /æ/ or /e/ (1)

Lecture 127 /æ/ or /e/ (2)

Lecture 128 /j/

Lecture 129 /ð/ or /d/

Lecture 130 /t/

Lecture 131 /v/ or /w/

Lecture 132 Intonation in closed questions

This course is for English learners who wish to improve their pronunciation, fluency, English speaking skills and English listening skills